Selling Moss?

Hey guys, as some of you may or may not know i am only fourteen so the only way i can support my fishy needs is through borrowing money or waiting for birthdays and christmas, understandably i am not too mad on this.

I have recently bought some java moss (yet to arrive) and cant help but notice it apparently grows easily and sells for a decent price, would it be a good or bad idea to grow some in a jar and sell it on the interwebs to supplement my fish fund?

Thanks guys, i understand i wont get a magic 10 tonne of moss overnight but i am thinking in the long term instead of begging for money all the time
And thanks about the offer to help, its always nice to have people willing to be supportive (too dramatic? XD)

Thanks guys, i understand i wont get a magic 10 tonne of moss overnight but i am thinking in the long term instead of begging for money all the time
And thanks about the offer to help, its always nice to have people willing to be supportive (too dramatic? XD)

If you're going to do business then floating plants, certainly the species I have, will reproduce far more quickly than moss. I put three bits in the tank and within two months I had to clear it all out as the tank became too dark to see the fish!

I don't know what it's called but if I get the time I'll take a picture tomorrow.

Hi. Since I'm around your age I do the same thing. I'm a bit younger. I don't really sell my plants as they are too much of an asset in this hobby, I might not need all the plants one day and the next day I'll be setting up a heavily planted spawn tank for my bettas and am going to need a ton of plants. So instead I breed bettas which provide a better revenue and are fun to breed and raise but they require a lot of commitment. For the school year il be breeding killifish mostly. I make around 100 dollars every few weeks

Hi. Since I'm around your age I do the same thing. I'm a bit younger. I don't really sell my plants as they are too much of an asset in this hobby, I might not need all the plants one day and the next day I'll be setting up a heavily planted spawn tank for my bettas and am going to need a ton of plants. So instead I breed bettas which provide a better revenue and are fun to breed and raise but they require a lot of commitment. For the school year il be breeding killifish mostly. I make around 100 dollars every few weeks

Breeding and selling fish is always something I have been interested in, where do you sell them? I don't live in a city so I might not find many (if any) people willing to pick them up and my LFS might not be too interested either, then I would be in trouble!

If you're going to do business then floating plants, certainly the species I have, will reproduce far more quickly than moss. I put three bits in the tank and within two months I had to clear it all out as the tank became too dark to see the fish!

I don't know what it's called but if I get the time I'll take a picture tomorrow.

For the reason of that plant growing so fast you'll have little/no luck making the same amount of money on that plant as you would for the moss.. The faster and more common the plant is the less expensive the plant is IMO/E

Hi. Since I'm around your age I do the same thing. I'm a bit younger. I don't really sell my plants as they are too much of an asset in this hobby, I might not need all the plants one day and the next day I'll be setting up a heavily planted spawn tank for my bettas and am going to need a ton of plants. So instead I breed bettas which provide a better revenue and are fun to breed and raise but they require a lot of commitment. For the school year il be breeding killifish mostly. I make around 100 dollars every few weeks

Don't you mean a 'betta' revenue? Haha!

I am convinced you're much older than you say you are! To successfully breed bettas and know so much about them at such a young age is enviable!

If yu want to have a go at breeding and perhaps make a few quid on the way, cherry shrimp are great. You need to have a dedicated small tank but you can have it nicely planted and start off with say, 15... In no time you'll have a population explosion and you can probably sell them on at a good size for 50p each. They are so fun to watch too!

If you're going to do business then floating plants, certainly the species I have, will reproduce far more quickly than moss. I put three bits in the tank and within two months I had to clear it all out as the tank became too dark to see the fish!

I don't know what it's called but if I get the time I'll take a picture tomorrow.

Please do, I'm looking for some of those floating plants for 2 of my tanks